"𝖨 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇' 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌, 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗂 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗂'𝗆 𝗅𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀"- 𝗛.𝗘.𝗥

"𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐁𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧." 𝘙𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘯𝘯'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵... 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. •𝙠𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙫𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞,𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐲. -𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐳 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝- June 18, 2024 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝- June 23, 2024 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝- @𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 ✰

𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 '𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘴. NOT EDITED.

"𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎, 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝"✮

𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙄 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 , 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚.

" I don't even like you like that." Her face scrunched up in disgust watching water drip from curls in his hair. " 'Cause you love me. Just like I love you." He retorted with a grin, disregarding the deflecting she was doing. --- They were two sides of the same city-until one move split them down the middle. Elijah and London were inseparable once, bonded by childhood summers, beat-up bikes, and secrets too deep for anyone else to know. Unfortunately, when Elijah's mom packed up and moved her family across Onyx to a rival neighborhood, everything changed. She always thought when she spoke to him again he would've changed like her. She was witty, sarcastic, and had a low tolerance, but he was still the same calm , sweet, cute boy with a heart the size of the sun. Some things haven't changed. Some things never change. The pull between them, the memories that still burn etched marks in their brain, and the words they never said out loud. In a world where loyalty can be life or death, and love isn't always enough to cross old lines, Elijah and London find themselves circling each other again. --- STARTED; MAY 26th, 2025 PUBLISHED JUNE 6th, 2025 FINISHED; SEPTEMBER 27th 2025

𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦..

"Beautiful things don't ask for attention." In a world that thrives on conformity, August is an anomaly. Raised in a secretive overbearing family, she was chosen to leave its hidden grounds-not for freedom, but for duty. Sent to college to become the strategic mind for her generation behind the family's growing empire, she tries to move through the world like a ghost, draped in gothic shadows with secrets too heavy to share but her style is just too much to go unnoticed by judging eyes unscathed. Then she meets Kason through his older brother. A rising rapper with a reckless charm and a hunger for something real, dealing with battles of his own, he's instantly drawn to August's eerie demeanor and the quiet storm that lingers behind her dark mysterious eyes. She's nothing like the women he's used to-unbothered by trends, and untouched by the need for validation. The more she resists, the deeper he falls, his infatuation turning into an obsession he can't shake. One he cant let go of. As their worlds collide, the slow burn of their connection threatens to ignite everything August has been taught to suppress. With her past closing in and expectations pressing down, she must decide if she's willing to defy everything she's ever known for the chance at something dangerously real. In a society that demands she fit a mold, August stands in defiance. Unfortunately, love has a way of making even the strongest question their silence. STARTED; February 22nd , 2025 PUBLISHED; MARCH 18th, 2025 FINISHED; MAY 27th, 2025

19 year old Mia is an entrepreneur who lives in Brooklyn, New York. She's very well known in the city just by her locally booming business. But what happens when she meets Brooklyn's most known barber/business owner? Find out in '𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐄' ✨ 𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓 2020.